Feed-regulator.



c. M. HALL & G. P. HOLMES.

FEED REGULATOR. APPLICATION Yfl'aBD JULY 3, 1908.

931,196. Patented Aug. 17,1909.-

G. M. HALL & G. P. HOLMES.

FEED REGULATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY s, 190s.

93 1 1 96. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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y tion @Letters-'Patent Y fPatentedAug. 17,1909. Ammann-mum 331908, suman. l [To allumit Said hoppers haveputwally inelinedpuier .I fBe it-knownthatwe,-.CHAUN0EY M. end walls, and theirinner Vvv alls. ,arevertical and GRANTPSHOLMES,eitizensoftheUnited YVand spaced apart suicient to permit 'the arg-931,196.

States of America, residing at Jackson, in hoppers'to-move 1ongitudinally of` the,bed 60 -thecountyof J acksomand Stage of Michi- Y plate 8 without striking the ho 1. tgan, have invented certain new and ,The hopJers and .3 arereejprocedby Improvements in Feed-.Re`g|11ators; ad Y we Beans o aeonnecting .rod .9 Yat.eacl'rsie doherchy-:declare the-following to be ,ai-full, attached theretozat one end andt, the Aother =cleal',;anfl exact description `of the invention, end. attached to levers 10 ,an d. 25 at opp`g'),ite 65 L0 lsnchas will enahlewthersgskilled intheart -sides of thehnppersand mounted on arpck :towhichaitiappertainsto make and use the shaft.- 31 above the: plates-.4 andjournaledn same. the lower Part of.lthe`hopper 1. rock' -zOur nventio relates to improvementsin shaft is reclplgocated by apltmanrodgllzcofeed vregulators for concrete and nected tothe'lev'er 1 0 at oneY end and ,to ,a 70

15 fhmorefparticlilarly.to:themechanismforfeedr .crankfwheel 12at the other. end, whichpgheel i `ing .the ingredients, whjchrlatter usually -is loose-on a counter shaft 14, Qdivelrliy .consists of nemen sand gand 4rgravel, or' a sprocket-wheel 15-'by.mcans.of a chain-pr b1-glieli stone,v and-its object is toprovide a =other. .means 4of transmitting .1 11 Jti,on. device. 1'.hat=isSimple; relableimacon; that -the.engine 4Q. The wheel di'ivenffr i 75 -nwill-.notfclog or-.break;f2that willaeem-ately thelnixer. shaft16-hymeans :of a. 3

` Y proportion thel igredientsjqand to-provide engagingga sprocketrfwheel 22 l0ose..on;ij,he -the device with variousfnew and :mixer shaft' 16 andrconnectedthereto at features f hereinafter @more fully pleasureby-aclutchfl,operatedhy 31163761124.

:and ,particularly pointed out the claims, Themixershaft lisprovidedwithawheel 30 25.-reference bein v--had .to thelaeeompanying .l'icloose thereonand driven hyafchaingll) Like numbers refer-to in Ydrawings, inw '(:h: engaging thewheel 18Aiixed-onfthe-co1inter Figure l..is.a.side\elevation oa complete shaft 14, the wheel 17 being engqd d A -concrtemxjng -Ollr -dise d-With thesheft.16hy .a. c th., 0 ,inventinyFig L.2. is an elevation of `the .by a lever- 21. 3.5 30 feedingmech viewed-ffmmihetend, of the clutch 20, theznixer can be.r11 na .fthe-n'rachine atthefrighbofflg. 1 v,theclutchl .is dsengagedqtherfeeder -iln 'tudina iltical .Section-0i not run, end hy enZ .both the mec d, Fig. 4. -e detail feeder and mlxer both, operate. fIt 1s V.all of loutrunnmgjhemixer, ,hntathe mixer'gn -'the: gums. A beSx'un-vritheut ope ting-ttheieeder. Y Y v l represents arr-Stationary hqppento reeelve Y The verticahwalls fgthehq persgandg thecenient; 2.and;3,movab'1e hopers'tore- V osi llate.to;and fro overthe. p1ate*8at,a

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:ceive the sand and- !gravel, -or- Abro distance`om .the-openmg therein andere 95 ese 40 :These ',movable- :hqppers ,are connected -by -gpadapart -fron the 4-hed *,Ilate. .Th

plates :4L-at .theirilowers sides ghiehp lates {Wallsre `each provided a 38,' hay- .move-freely together Vwith theehgppers -ing,-a ljrush39 at the lowrsldeaniargrita-ahogzentallydisposedbedplate Shaving gdjusdand heldzadmstedghybglts accentnalopeng tlybeneaththeghgppf 40 in'verticall Aelongated `10Q perzliand-closinth'ebottom-ofthehgppers tethe.feed..o Y thesadiand 12 and :The o ppers ,2 and are {pref- ,gravgl,.whie -lattermre-:arrxed .ferablyg tovafvoid friction, .en Wys A Q 4 in tlhe plate. at each slllatlqn .ieorisistingo-arod at each-siderpf theg'hop-Y phgoppmjand esapehepeaththecgates .ipersutsideofthe same and supportedrom 38:;md brushes 39,415 thehopgers, recedegth 105 ,theibed plateby brackets at theirfrespeetlve qgbtigy detemined y the vertical lends -adjnstmentof thesecgatesandhrushes.

f6 are grooved -wheels .'jom'naled the Near theQleWerparLofjthehpr a i f latelsfandtmversin thesefwaysandcam ,ph ted-cylinder ha journ- 27',eX- l .p g the-hoppen Zandg andplates. I tending through theen' ofctheI hpgier. 110v i '7- aregroovedrollers engagingtherods 5 This poeketed cylinder has,preferably,fw cpr fto'preventthehoppers 2 andfB-fmm ,pockets tocsueeessivelyrrecelveand measure hopper and .movable hojpers,

the cement discharging the same downward as the cylinder rotates. This cylinder is operated step by step so that each pocket is successively presented u ward to receive the cement and then turne downward between the concaves at each side to discharge its contents int the mixer. NOn one journal 2 is mounted a ratchet wheel 26 preferably having one-notch or tooth to each pocket of the 'cylinder and the cylinder is turned by the space o one pocket at each movement of the hoppers 2 and 3 by means of a bell crank lever 28 loose on the journal 27 and having a pawl 36 on one arm engaging the wheel 26, the other arm of the lever 28 being connected to an arm 30 on the lever 10 by means of a rod 29, whereby the bell crank lever 28 is oscillated simultaneously with the lever 10. On the lever 10 is also a segment gear 32 meshing with a similar gear loose on the journal 27 integral with which is an oppositely projectinggear 33 on which latter 1s a second pawl 3 which also engages .the wheel 26. These pawls alternately .operate to turn the cylinder ste by step one pocket at each movement of t e hoppers 2 and 3. Engaging the cai-.33 is a similar gear 34 fixed on a roc shaft 35 journaled in the hopper on which shaft is an agitator to prevent the cement from clogging in the ho per.

In operation, at'each movement o the hop ers 2 and 3, in one direction, sand is disc arged through th'e opening in the bed plate, andrk at each op osite movement a quantity of avel is dis arged in like manner. At eac of these movements one pocket of the cement cylinder is discharged, thus alternating the sand, cement and gravel and insuring uniform mixing of the same. The mixer 39 is of the usual construction and is therefore not particularly described.

What we claim is:

1.v A feed regulator, com hopper, a feed regulator in means for operating the feed regulator, a bed plate havin an ,opening beneath said fixed hop er an spaced apart therefrom, a movable opper at each side'of the fixed c osed at the bottom by the bed plate, each movable ho per adjacent to the fixed vopper spaced apart from the bed plate, and means for reciprocting the movable hoppers.

`2. A feed regulator, comprising a stationary hopper, 'a rotative poc eted cylinder in the h o per, a bed plate havin an opening beneat the hopper, a movab e ho per at each side of the stationary hopper an closed at the bottom by the bed plate, each movable hopper having its inner wall s aced apart from the bed plate and provi ed with an adjustable gate, means for reciprocating the and means forrotating the pocketed cy der.

3. A feedn regulator,

rising a fixed having its wall comprising 'a fixed nately engaging the ratchet .movable ipper.

e fixed hopper,

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hopper, a rotary pocketed cylinder'closing the bottom of said hopper, a bed plate spaced apart from -said hopper and having a central opening beneath the same, a movable hopper at each side of the fixed hopper and closed atthe bottom of said bed late, a vertical inner wall to each movable opper, a vertically adjustable ate to each of said walls and projectin be ow the same, means for reciprocatin t e movable hoppers toward and from t e opening in the bed late, and means for rotating said pockete cylinder.

4. A feed regulator, comprising a fixed central hopper, means for feeding the con tents thereofin regulated a bottom opening therein, a bed pllate havin a central opening below said opper an spaced apart therefrom, a hopper at each side of the fixed hopper and closed at the bottom by said bed plate, plates connecting said movablehoppers, a rod at each side of'tlie hoppers, grooved rollers on the hoppers traversing the rods and supporting the hoppers, a rock shaft journale in the fixed hopper, levers fixed on the rock shaft, rods connecting thel levers and the plates, -a crank wheel and pitman connectedtotlie rock shaft to operate the same, and means for rotating the crank wheel.

5. A feed regulator, comprising a fixed hopper and a movable hopper, a pocketed cy inder journaled in the hop'lper, aV ratchet wheel fixed on a journal of v e cylinder, a

ear and a bell crank lever journa ed on the journal of the cylinder, pawls on the bell crank lever and gear respectively and alterwheel, a lever having a gear engaging the first namedgear, means for oscillating the last named lever, and means for connecting'said lever with the 6. AAf regulator, comprisngabedplate having a central opening, a fixed hopper above the said central opening and spaced a art therefrom, a mova le hopper side of the fixed hopper and spaced therefrom and also closed at the bottom by the bed plate,

er s aced apart from the bed lplate, an adjusta le gate on each inner wa plates connecting the lower part of the movable hoppers, a rod at each side of the hoppers and supporting the same, opposing pairs of grooved rollers engaging and traversing the rods, and supporting the movable hoppers, a rock shaft journaled in the fixed hopper, levers on the respective ends of the rock shafts, rods-connectin said levers with the plates, means for osc' ating the rock shaft, a pocketed cylinder in the fixed hopper, a ratchet wheel having notches equal in number to the pockets ofthe cylinder and attached to the same, operating the ratchet'wheel and means or conan inner wall to each movable hopquantity through l necting the pawls with the rock shaft to operate the same. l

7. A feed regulator, comprising 'a fixed hopper andv two movable hoppers, a bed plate closing the bottom of the movable hoppers, and having an opening beneath 4the fixed hopper, an upper and a lower rock shaft, and a pocketed cylinder, all journaled in the fixed hopper, rock shaft, rods connecting said levers with the movable hoppers, a ratchet wheel xeck on the journal of the cylinder, oppositely projecting segment gears and a bell crank lever journaled on the journal of said cylinder, a segment gear on said journal, pawls on the lever and upper segment gear alternately engaging the ratchet wheel, a segment gear on the upper rock shaft engaging the upper segment gear oni the journal, and

y means for oscillating one of the rock shafts.

8. A feed regulator, comprising a fixed hopper, a movable hopper at each side of the fixed hopper, side plates connecting the movable hoppers, a pocketed cylinder jourlevers fixed on the lowernaled in the fixed hopper, a rock shaft above the cylinder and a rock shaft below the cylinder, each shaft also journaled in the hopper, a' lever fixed on each end of the lower shafta rod vconnecting each lever with a side plate, means for oscillating one of said levers, a train of segment gears connecting the rock shafts, the middle gear being loose on the journal of the cylinder, a ratchet Wheel lixed on the journal of the cylinder, a lever journaled on the journal of the cylinder, an arm on one of the levers,

a rod connecting said arm andthe bell crank lever, a pawl on the bell crank lever engaging the ratchet wheel, and a pawl on one of the gears also engaging the ratchet Wheel.

In testimony whereof We alixv our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

CHAUNCEY M. HALL. GRANT P. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

HENLEY D. MeELRoY, ALBERT C. MANGUS. 

